topic ArcMap: can't click in search window in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/arcmap-can-t-click-in-search-window/m-p/399014#M22894 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>When I try to click a tool in the search window, it doesn't allow me to click (shows a small stop icon) Why does this happen? Now I have to manually look over all the categories to look for a tool..... I'm using ArcMap 10.3</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 31 Mar 2016 20:45:03 GMT awei 2016-03-31T20:45:03Z ArcMap: can't click in search window https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/arcmap-can-t-click-in-search-window/m-p/399014#M22894 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>When I try to click a tool in the search window, it doesn't allow me to click (shows a small stop icon) Why does this happen? Now I have to manually look over all the categories to look for a tool..... I'm using ArcMap 10.3</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 31 Mar 2016 20:45:03 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/arcmap-can-t-click-in-search-window/m-p/399014#M22894 awei 2016-03-31T20:45:03Z Re: ArcMap: can't click in search window https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/arcmap-can-t-click-in-search-window/m-p/399015#M22895 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>do you have a layer selected in the table of contents?</P><P>what are you trying to search?</P><P>the inability to do something, or the disabling of a tool, generally means a precondition for the tool to be enabled hasn't been met</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 31 Mar 2016 21:22:09 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/arcmap-can-t-click-in-search-window/m-p/399015#M22895 DanPatterson_Retired 2016-03-31T21:22:09Z Re: ArcMap: can't click in search window https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/arcmap-can-t-click-in-search-window/m-p/399016#M22896 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>moved to <A href="https://community.esri.com/space/2050">Managing Data</A>​ in case there are other ideas</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 06 Apr 2016 18:39:54 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/arcmap-can-t-click-in-search-window/m-p/399016#M22896 DanPatterson_Retired 2016-04-06T18:39:54Z